Thursday, September 22, 2011

I started pulling out Halloween decorations this week and stumbled upon a bag of spider rings that I bought on sale last year. I'm going to see how many crafts I can incorporate the rings into this Halloween. First up, place cards of course!

These are simple do-it-yourself place cards that can be made at the last minute. I started off by printing the name on a piece of cardstock.

Then I trimmed down the cardstock, folded it in half and cut a small slit next to the name. This slit will be used to hold the spider ring.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

I live in Georgia and it's still 90 degrees outside, so I'm having a hard time grasping the fact that Fall is just around the corner. My son tried to sneak a pumpkin into our cart at the grocery store yesterday, but I just couldn't bring myself to buy one this soon. I felt so bad about not letting him have it that I came up with another way to give him a "pumpkin".

I first dug up this pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter...

Then I cut pumpkin shapes out of different types of fruit...wait, this picture makes it look like I only used cantaloupe right?

However this angle reveals that I actually used cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon. I thinly cut the fruit and stacked them into a pile...

Thursday, September 1, 2011

It has taken most of my adult life for me to figure out that the key to stress-free living is organization! I now realize that everything should have a place to live - car keys, cell phone chargers, whatever. When there is a place for things to return to every time, then my life becomes way easier to manage.

Case in point, every time I had to send money into school with my sons it was always a major production because none of the things I needed (envelopes, pen, paper clips, etc) were ever right where they should be. Here's one example of a super simple system I now use when sending notes/money to school with my guys.

I'm sure you are all well aware of my hoarding issue by now. However, unlike the hoarders on TV, I actually use my hoarded items. I have an old calendar holder that I kept long after the calendar had expired. Here's how I converted the leftover board into a school envelope system.

In addition to the calendar holder, I also reused an old folder to hold the envelopes.

I simply cut out the shape of the flaps...

And then hot glued them onto the board.

I also cut an additional piece of the folder and attached it to the board to hold paper clips and binder clips.

Here's the finished product...

And here's the envelope that I made for school...

My guys have been in school for three weeks now and the envelope system is working like a charm...no stress!

About Me

I am a married mom of two who started this blog as a creative outlet for my event planning business. I hope that anyone who finds their way here enjoys the ideas, but more importantly is inspired to entertain!